Tur (Arhar)
Sow in June, harvest around December
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
Grown on 15,400 acres here. Sold at 5 mandis in your district.
₹22,000–₹33,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹3,000–₹14,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 10/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 600 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 750 mm it can use in a normal year, and 530 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 18–38 °C on average, and survives 10–45 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 38 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 31 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 10 °C
Soil
Soil for Tur (Arhar): 10 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Low nitrogen matters less: it makes its own.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 4.6 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹6,000 a quintal at mandis in your district.
This week: about ₹9,531 a quintal, the middle of 101 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹25,000 a season after typical costs.
Minimum support price: ₹8,450 a quintal (2026-27), if you sell to government procurement.
- ₹5,960 2021
- ₹5,830 2022
- ₹8,720 2023
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹19,000 an acre (seed, fertiliser, labour and hired machines, from the government's cost survey). They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 4.2 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 28%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 15%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 11%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 7%